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Harford Community Action Agency tells commission it serves more than 2,500 women monthly
Summary
Pamela Craig, president and CEO of Harford Community Action Agency, told the Commission for Women on Jan. 26 that HCAA serves over 2,500 women per month and described programs including food assistance, an energy program that can provide up to $300 per month, domestic violence support, mediation services and housing help including security deposits and rent assistance up to two years.
Pamela Craig, president and CEO of Harford Community Action Agency, summarized the agency’s services for women-led households during a Jan. 26 presentation to the Harford County Commission for Women. She said the agency helps more than 2,500 women per month and serves a large share of older women and women living in poverty.
Craig described several HCAA programs: a food pantry and a food-advocacy class that work with SNAP and the Maryland Food Bank; an energy assistance program that can provide up to $300 per month to qualified households to prevent utility shutoffs; security services and referrals for survivors of domestic violence in partnership with SARC; mediation services for divorce and landlord-tenant disputes; and housing supports including security-deposit assistance, rapid re-housing and rent payments that may last up to two years to help people transition out of homelessness. She said roughly 25% of the agency’s clients are single mothers.
The presentation gave commissioners concrete program details and capacity figures that the commission can reference in future outreach and event planning. No formal action was taken on HCAA programs at the meeting; the presentation was informational.
